1 / 32

Use of Tablet and PDA National Overview

Use of Tablet and PDA National Overview. Alan Price Tri-State Soil Scientists Meeting Pasco, WA Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2007. I don’t trust those tablets! I’m using paper. Hard to find shade in Texas!. Levi Steptoe. Rusty Dowell. Soils Tablets: We’ve had some “problems” in the past!.

dixie
Download Presentation

Use of Tablet and PDA National Overview

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Use of Tablet and PDANational Overview Alan Price Tri-State Soil Scientists Meeting Pasco, WA Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2007

  2. I don’t trust those tablets! I’m using paper. Hard to find shade in Texas! Levi Steptoe Rusty Dowell Soils Tablets: We’ve had some “problems” in the past! Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  3. Soil tablet performance in the sunlight has been lacking Motion Computing Tablet in Bright Sun Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  4. Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 in Bright Sun Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  5. HP Compaq 4200 in Bright Sun Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  6. But there is hope … Fujitsu Stylistic ST5031D in Bright Sun Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  7. Hammerhead & Fujitsu ST5031D in Bright Sun Fujitsu Stylistic ST5031D Outdoor screen Hammerhead Outdoor screen Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  8. Tablet computers • Request for quotes is being developed by ITS • ITS has been provided with soil survey requirements and a ranking system to help select the best model • Tablet will be tested by team of soil scientists using our requirements before selection • Our goal is to have a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) in place by spring, 2007 Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  9. Minimum Tablet Requirements: • Physical dimensions and weight • Resistant to dust and moisture • Min. and max. operational temperature ranges • Screen (size, viewability in all lighting, color, resolution, graphic display memory, landscape or portrait) • Windows XP Tablet PC operating system • Hard drive size • RAM • Processor type and speed Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  10. Minimum Tablet Requirements: • Memory cache • Active stylus (only stylus reacts with screen) • Wireless (WiFi, Bluetooth) • Ports (USB, Ethernet, PCMCIA, port replicator) • Power (rechargeable battery, no tools to replace, external charger, AC adapter, 12v DC adapter) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  11. Minimum Tablet Requirements: • External buttons or quick access: • Alt-Ctrl-Delete button(s) • Change screen orientation • Power/suspend/resume button • Brightness/contrast control Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  12. Minimum Tablet Requirements: • Port Replicator/Docking station: • Power connection • USB port • Serial port • Mouse port • Keyboard port • Ethernet port • Video port • Can rotate from landscape to portrait orientation Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  13. Minimum Tablet Requirements: • Peripheral connection capability: • CD RW/DVD RW • 19 inch + flat panel monitor • Mouse • Keyboard • Accessories • Carrying case • Vehicle mount • Warranty (minimum 3 year, next day) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  14. Tablet computer applications: • Standard CCE load to include but not limited to: • Windows XP Tablet Edition (has stylus tools) • Microsoft Office: • Word • Excel • Access • PowerPoint • Outlook • Internet Explorer • Adobe Acrobat • WinZip • Live Meeting • Windows Media Player • Java/JRE Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  15. Tablet computer applications: • GIS Applications: • ArcGIS 9.2 • Complete installation of Desktop and Workstation • License Manager (single user version) • ArcEditor (allows use of GIS software without the encumbrance of the hardware key) • Add-ons to ArcGIS: • ER Mapper Plugin • National Park Service Arc2Ax toolbar Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  16. Tablet computer applications: • GPS Applications: • DNR Garmin 5.1.1 • MapSource 6.5 Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  17. Tablet computer applications: • Soils applications: • Soil Resource Inventory Toolbox • Editing Toolbar (ArcGIS toolbar) • Auto Population Tool (Pedon PC module) • Analysis tools (Pedon PC and ArcGIS tools) • Windows Pedon 1.1.2 • Pedon PC 2.0 (or newer as available) • PedonCE 1.0.7 (for PDA users only) • Pedon_CESync, Pedon MetaExchange • Citrix for NASIS 8.0 • OSD Check 1.6 • Soil Data Viewer (if version for ArcGIS 9.2 avail.) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  18. Tablet computer applications: • Support applications: • DVD/CD burning software (note: Roxio Digital Media Plus to be loaded on workstations) • Cisco VPN Client (facilitates internet access via non-USDA internet connections to the USDA backbone) • Adobe Flash Player 9.0.28 (browser plugin) • ActiveSync (as requested by PDA users) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  19. Tablet computer applications: • Additional applications to load as licenses are available: • Photo editing and cataloging software (Adobe Photoshop; CCE certification in progress) • Microsoft Project • Microsoft Visio Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  20. How will MLRA Project Offices use tablet PCs? • Tablet PCs will be the primary (and probably only) computer for field soil scientists • Geospatial workstation will do the “heavy lifting” for all people in the project office (e.g., processing of geospatial layers) • Common office functions for the tablet PC: • Email, word processing, spreadsheets, internet access, time sheets, on-line training, OSEDs, etc. Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  21. How will MLRA Project Offices use tablet PCs? • Spatial data entry/editing: • Check out data from the project office version of National Soil Geospatial Database (NSGD) • Take tablet to the field for creating and editing: • soil polygons • linear features (linear special features, linear map units, transects, and traverses) • point feature locations (e.g., pedon descriptions, point map units, field notes, questionable areas “flagged”) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  22. How will MLRA Project Offices use tablet PCs? • Spatial data entry/editing (cont.): • Check spatial data back into the project office version of the NSGD • Project members perform QC • Push data to the geospatial workstation for MLRA Project Leader QA Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  23. 1 – Way Replication/ 2 – Way Replication Default Version Transactional Database 2 – Way Replication Messaging occurs at night USDA WAN Layer Tablet processes Data can initially be delivered via CD-ROM or DVD MO/State Review Capabilities MO1 2-Way Replication SSO Desktop/Workstation in SSO Office SSO MO18 M M Soil Scientiest/ Mapper Soil Scientiest/ Mapper M M M M How will MLRA Project Offices use tablet PCs? • NSGD data flow: Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  24. How will MLRA Project Offices use tablet PCs? • Attribute data entry/editing: • Sites and pedons (Pedon PC has a user interface specifically designed to fit tablet screens) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  25. How will MLRA Project Offices use tablet PCs? • Attribute data entry/editing (cont.): • NASIS • Link with GPS • Location of points • Navigate in vehicle and in the field (on screen, real-time positions) • Download from data loggers • Soil moisture and temperature data • Water table monitoring data Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  26. Trimble GPS & PDA Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  27. PDA vs. Tablet • Larger screen • Powerful (more storage, RAM, faster) • Runs Windows apps • More connection options (Ethernet, Firewire, PC cards, serial, USB, video) • Agency preferred • Smaller • Lighter • Includes useful apps. (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Calendar, Contacts, email, IE) • Connectable (WiFi, Bluetooth, IR, ActiveSync) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  28. Additional PDA Applications: • ArcPad (ArcGIS compatible for point, polygon, linear, and image spatial data) • PedonCE (collect sites, pedons, and transects); not fully functional with newer PDA operating system, Windows Mobile 5.0; works with Pocket PC 2002 & 2003 • Data logger software (e.g., HGIS for collection of EMI and GPS data simultaneously) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  29. Turn on GPS for real-time navigation ArcPad (mobile GIS for PDA) Use ArcPad toolbar in ArcGIS to clip area for PDA Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  30. Record sites, pedons, & transectsusing PedonCE Sites Pedons Horizons Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  31. PDA as field data recorder(GPS & EMI) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

  32. What would I use in the field, PDA or tablet? • If not working near the vehicle and/or only describing pedons, I prefer the PDA • If I needed fully functional GIS (entering/editing points, lines, and polygons), I prefer the tablet • For real-time navigation, this would depend on how far from the vehicle I walked (short distance-tablet; longer distance-PDA)i.e., fit the hardware to your situation (if possible) Tri-State SS Meeting, Pasco, WA

More Related